PS2 Power Consumption & Electricity Bills

You tight b**tards!

If you can afford to spend however much on a ps2, a decent tv, all the games and accessories, why the hell are you worried about the electricity bill?

79 watts is nothing for 2 hours.  Toasters, hairdryers, irons, and microwaves can consume 1200+ watts.  Then there are clothes dryres and electric ovens that require a 220v power source...

If you want to save electricity try to worry about those things more than small home electronics, especially those that are energy star compliant.  Or just turn off a light or 2 whenever you play your ps2.

To save electricity i poped the red Led from my PS2,
now i got even more substantial savings.    j/k.

[videoholic]

Don\'t forget about the LED in your controller to double/triple/etc your savings.

Yes, thanks for the controler suggestion, now i am almost running at peak performance.

I think the only time anyone should be concerned about the power usage is if one accidentally leaves their PS2 on for 72 hours straight.  Smack a dumb dumb sign on their forehead if you ever hear of any people.

Yeah, after this post I never play in analog mode becuase of that red LED... Now if you REALLY want to save some money... Do what I did, remove the dual shock motors from the controlers, saves a ton!!! Also be sure you only insert your memory card when saving and loading, remove it when not in use.

In all seriousness though, the PS2 only uses as much energy as your average light bulb, so even if you forgot it on, it shouldn\'t be that big of a deal. Although it says 79watts, its probebly considerably less than that. Since that 79watts needs to be able to power up the drive at full speed, plus the controlers, and if you have two multitaps, it needs to power up, up to 10 controlers, and then there is the usb ports, and hard drive connection and all that other good stuff. So unless you\'re using all that, you\'re probebly not even consuming the full 79watts.

-Ramon

This has got to be the WEIRDEST topic I\'ve seen at any forum...

BTW - If you turn off all the lights in your room, unplug everything, pop the LED\'s on the PS2 and Dual Shocks, take out the motors, rewire the circuits inside the PS2 to run more efficiently, and make sure there is only one control and no memory card in the slot, you\'re still wasting more energy than if you\'re PS2 was unplugged...

Now that\'s food for though....why spend 50 cents playing games for a week when you can sit there and stare at a blank screen....how fun!!!